I girasoli / Sunflower (1970)
Drama
A desperate woman searches for her missing husband who never returned from the Russian front during World War II.
Starring: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Savelyeva, Anna Carena, Silvano Tranquilli, Umberto Di Grazia
Director: Vittorio De Sica
The Swimmer (1968)
Drama
In suburban Connecticut, a handsome advertising executive heads home by swimming from pool to pool through his neighborhood. Along the way, more of his life story is revealed via his complicated interaction with his neighbors.
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Janice Rule, Marge Champion, David Garfield, Kim Hunter, Charles Drake
Director: Sydney Pollack, Frank Perry
El Dorado (1966)
Western
Gunfighter-for-hire Cole Thornton joins forces with his friend the Sheriff, an old Indian fighter and a gambler to help a rancher and his family fight off a rival that is trying to steal their water.
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt
Director: Howard Hawks
P.O.E.: Project of Evil / P.O.E. 2 (2012)
Horror
Following up the successful "P.O.E.: Poetry of Eerie", some of the original filmmakers regrouped for this newest experiment which aims to bring the tales of Edgar Allen Poe to life through the distinct lens of Italian horror with spoken English. While the original film's focus was the poetic and macabre dimension of the infamous Boston author, this sequel focuses instead on the bloody, violent and disturbing. Stories include 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'Solo', 'Loss of Breath', 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Tell-Tale Heart', 'The System of Dr. Tar and Prof. Feather', and 'The Premature Burial'… Like you've never seen before!
Starring: Dario Biancone, Angelo Campus, David D'Ingeo
Director: Giuliano Giacomelli, Edo Tagliavini, Domiziano Cristopharo, Donatello Della Pepa
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P.O.E.: Poetry of Eerie (2011)
Horror | Mystery
Fifteen international film directors are given a challenge: to direct a short film based on a classic tale of terror from Edgar Allan Poe. The catch: little or no budget and only THREE days in which to film their story. The results will astound and amaze you! Some of the classic tales include "The Black Cat," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Crow" and "Gordon Pym." Directors include: Simone Barbetti, Angelo Capasso, Manuela Sica, Yumiko Itou and more.
Starring: Mariano Aprea, Laura Gigante
Director: Simone Barbetti, Angelo Capasso, Bruno Di Marcello, Paolo Fazzini, Yumiko Itou, Matteo Corazza, Domiziano Cristopharo, Rosso R. Fiorentino, Paolo Gaudio, Giuliano Giacomelli, Alessandro Giordani, Giovanni Pianigiani, Manuela Sica, Edo Tagliavini
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Dark Asylum (2001)
Horror | Thriller
Asylum is a taut psychological thriller about a deranged fearsome killer running lose in an abandoned high security Asylum. Pitting the county psychiatrist Dr. Maggie Belham against the psychotic maniac, Dr Belham is trapped in a maze of corridors, and her only help is the janitor, Quitz who may in fact be a forgotten asylum inmate.
Starring: Paulina Porizkova, Judd Nelson, Larry Drake, Jürgen Prochnow
Director: Gregory Gieras
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Uninvited Guest / An Invited Guest (1999)
Thriller
Debbie and Howard are celebrating their wedding anniversary. Or so Debbie thought. A special night together turns into a nightmare when Howard lets a man into the house to use the phone. Who is the smooth stranger who immediately takes to Debbie? And what does he really want? Debbie and Howard soon find out the answer to the question, and when they do, their lives will never be the same again. Be careful who you let into the house. Especially the Uninvited Guest.
Starring: Mekhi Phifer, Mari Morrow, Malinda Williams, Mel Jackson, Wanya Morris, William Christopher Stephens, Kim Fields
Director: Timothy Wayne Folsome
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996)
Comedy | Romance
A boy dreams the play. Authority in Athens is shaky: Hermia rejects her father's choice, the Duke backs her father, and the Duchess sides with Hermia. Dad's choice, Demetrius, pursues Hermia but is loved by Helena. When Hermia and her lover meet in the woods the next night, Helena tells Demetrius in hopes she can follow and change his mind. Also in the woods are craftsmen preparing a play, plus the fairies: the fairy rulers, Oberon and Titania, are at odds, so Oberon conjures a spell and Titania falls for a craftsman bewitched with the ears of an ass. Oberon's sprite, Puck, also tries to bring the four young lovers into compatible couples but makes an error before all is right.
Starring: Lindsay Duncan, Alex Jennings, Desmond Barrit
Director: Adrian Noble
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Of Love and Shadows (1994)
Drama
Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli, Diego Wallraff, Camilo Gallardo, Patricio Contreras, Susana Cortínez
Director: Betty Kaplan
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The Izu Dancer / Izu no odoriko (1974)
Drama
Based on Yasunari Kawabata real life sotry in which he had a brief time of romance with a girl dancer.
Starring: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura
Director: Katsumi Nishikawa
Yaariyan (2014)
Drama | Romance
A college student must win an inter college competition to save his college from being demolished by property builders.
Starring: Himansh Kohli, Vivek Bhatnagar, Nicole Faria, Gulshan Grover, Aditya Kohli, Dev Sharma, Rakul Preet Singh
Director: Divya Khosla
The Philosophers / After the Dark (2013)
Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.
Starring: James D'Arcy, Sophie Lowe, Daryl Sabara, Freddie Stroma, Rhys Wakefield, Bonnie Wright, Jacob Artist
Director: John Huddles
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi
After interfering with a top secret mission, the Punisher is taken into custody by S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent and Avenger, Black Widow. At the orders of Director Nick Fury, Punisher and Black Widow are sent on a mission to stop Leviathan, a global terrorist organization that plans to sell stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. technology to the highest bidder. Now, the vigilante and spy must work together to prevent this technology from falling into the wrong hands. The fate of the world, and of the Avengers, hangs in the balance.
Starring: Jennifer Carpenter, Brian Bloom, John Eric Bentley, Grant George, Kyle Hebert, Kari Wahlgren
Director: Kenichi Shimizu
Matinee (1993)
Comedy | Drama
A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.
Starring: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Kellie Martin, Lisa Jakub
Director: Joe Dante
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Drama | War
In 1943, two intelligence officers from the Royal Navy (Clifton Webb and Robert Flemying) attempt to pull off the most daring espionage mission of the Second World War. The Allies are about to invade Sicily – but the Germans must be convinced that their real target is Greece.
Starring: Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin, Stephen Boyd
Director: Ronald Neame
Tiger Bay (1959)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A 12 year old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.
Starring: John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills, Yvonne Mitchell, Megs Jenkins, Anthony Dawson
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Les Miserables (1952)
Drama | History | Romance
After stealing a loaf a bread to feed a starving family, Jean Valjean is sentenced to ten years at hard labor as a galley slave. There he is taught to read and write by another prisoner and meets Javert, an obsessive policeman who was himself born to convict parents aboard a prison ship. After his release, Valjean is treated as a pariah but finally finds shelter in the home of a kindly bishop. Valjean repays the clergyman's generosity by stealing his silver plate. He is apprehended by the authorities and returned to the bishop but is amazed when the kindly old priest tells them that the valuable plates were a gift. This becomes a transforming experience for the ex-convict, who establishes himself under an assumed name in a small country village as factory manager and ultimately mayor. Unfortunately the newly-promoted Javert is assigned there as chief inspector. Although he doesn't recognize his old nemesis at first, the two clash over Javert's overzealous prosecution of the letter of the law. When a mentally challenged homeless man is arrested and accused of being Valjean, the conscience-ridden parole violator reveals his true identity to the court and the already suspicious Javert. Valjean is forced to abandon his property and with his adopted daughter again flee the relentless pursuit of Javert.
Starring: Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget, Edmund Gwenn, Sylvia Sidney
Director: Lewis Milestone
Blumenthal (2013)
Comedy
Celebrated playwright, Harold Blumenthal, has passed away after succumbing to cardiac arrest while laughing at his own joke. Now, Harold's estranged and jealous brother, Saul, must confront his personal hang-ups in order to deliver himself from an epic bout of constipation. Meanwhile, Saul's wife Cheryl and son Ethan must grapple with their own personal obstacles through a set of circumstances so improbably ironic, they might as well have been lifted from one of Harold's plays.
Starring: Brian Cox, Seth Fisher, Fred Melamed, Laila Robins, Mei Melançon, Alexander Cendese, Mark Blum, Nicole Ansari-Cox, Kevin Isola, Robyn Rikoon, Maureen Sebastian
Director: Seth Fisher
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Let's Ruin It with Babies (2013)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Channing has it all: a beautiful home, a rock star lifestyle, and a loving husband intent on ruining it all by knocking her up.
Starring: Ria Bellafiore, Patrick Daniel, Sam Friedman, Jonathan Grubb, Rebecca Larsen, Kestrin Pantera
Director: Kestrin Pantera
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Scrapper (2013)
Drama
Hollis Wallace makes his living driving the streets of Seattle looking for scrap metal, in the hopes of collecting enough to take care of his ailing mother. But Hollis' routine is disrupted when he meets teenager Swan in the basement of an unhinged neighbor. They end up forming a friendship even though the forces in their lives threaten to destroy their new bond completely. Starring Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones, The Wire), Michael Beach (Soul Food, Sons of Anarchy), and newcomer Anna Giles.
Starring: Michael Beach, Aidan Gillen, Anna Giles, Joanna Angel, Jennifer Lanier, Rachel Blanchard, Basil Harris
Director: Brady Hall
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